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Friends, a week ago we told you about a group of teenagers who call themselves Team change. Last Sunday they held a shinny fundraiser. They sold hot dogs and hot chocolate and spent the afternoon playing hockey -- all to raise funds for Shepherds of Good Hope. Earlier today, this inspiring group handed over $412. Congratulations and thank you!

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Friends, over the last couple of months, there have been numerous articles in the media about the number of homeless veterans in our country. They are here in Ottawa, too. We see them regularly. Here is a column by Shepherds of Good Hope President and CEO Deirdre Freiheit on the help we provide to homeless veterans.

Do you like puppets? Theatre? Storytelling? This Sunday, March 6 all three will be free at the Shenkman Arts Centre #ShenkmanArts Donations to the soup kitchen at Shepherds of Hood Hope are being accepted at the door. Thank you so much to the organizers for turning this event into a fundraiser as well,

Homelessness dramatically accelerates the ageing process by decades

Friends, we know that being homeless has an impact on your health. Here is one article that looks at the impact homelessness has on ageing.

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Today is the last day of the month and there are two reasons to celebrate. One, it's the last day of the month. Secondly, it's that time of month when we post Ask Stephen. For those of you who follow us, you know that during the month we collect questions for Stephen Bartolo, Director of Operations. He selects a question and provides an answer on the final day of every month. Here is the latest edition. Q. Sometimes I see Brigid’s Place referred to as Housing First but some of your other locations are called supportive housing. What’s the difference? A. Another great question from our Facebook friends! The National Alliance to End Homelessness defines housing first as “an approach to ending homelessness that centres on providing people experiencing homelessness with housing as quickly as possible – and then providing services as needed.” Brigid’s follows this model. Our goal is to offer housing as soon as a bed becomes available. We do not want our men or women to have episodic or chronic length of stays in our shelter programs. This goes back to my point in previous submissions that everyone deserves a home regardless of their current state or circumstances. After a woman moves to Brigid’s, we build rapport and then start addressing some of the factors behind her homelessness; re: trauma, mental health, addiction, etc. It’s important to note Brigid’s is also supportive housing. We use that term to illustrate that we have employees in our buildings 24/7 to support our residents' needs. All of our residential programs follow the supportive housing model and essentially the housing first model as well with a few small exceptions. The overall goal of ending homelessness, restoring dignity and creating a sense of community remains the same. Best regards, Stephen Bartolo

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Friends, there's nothing more inspiring than watching a group of young people do something nice for those who are less fortunate, Team Change is a group of young people, 13-14 years of age, who like to help in their community. They are holding a fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 28, 12:30 to 3 p.m., at Blue Willow Park (corner of Longleaf and Orleans Blvd.). They'll be playing shinny and selling hot dogs, hot chocolate, cookies and water with all the proceeds going to Shepherds of Good Hope. Thank you so much!

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Moving forward: veterans and homelessness

Friends, here's a story of how one veteran went from being homeless to helping other veterans deal with such issues as PTSD.

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Friends, are you replacing your bath towels in the near future? If so, we'd love to get your old ones. Towels are one of those things you might not think a shelter needs. But with several hundred women sleeping in a shelter every night, towels are actually one of the many things we need in addition to food and clothing. We do have laundry facilities on site, so anything you donate will be used until they can't be used any more. Please share.

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It's not surprising that the photo in this poster is beautiful. After all, the event its promoting is by a photography shop and its photographers. We appreciate all the fundraising that businesses, schools, service clubs and countless other organizations do on behalf of Shepherds of Good Hope every year. The latest is Henry's. The staff at Henry's are going to sell 40 framed photos to raise money for Shepherds of Good Hope. If you love photography, you won't want to miss this event. Share this with your friends who are into photography. Thank you, Henry's!

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Friends, we want to give a shout out to the good people at Spaceman Music on Gladstone Ave. They donated two guitars today. These will definitely get used in the shelter. Being homeless doesn't mean being without talent. A lot of the men and women we provide services to are very talented in the arts and music. Thank you, SpaceMan.

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support your local homeless shelter! even my 4 hours of dish washing, floor cleaning, tray collecting and dish sorting made a difference. it'll really change your perspective on life. get out and volunteer!

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Yesterday our team from #JOEYLansdowne spent the day at @shepherdsofgoodhope shelter serving some of our house made soup to those in need for our annual #JOEYCupofCare. It feels great to give back to our community! #Ottawa #thewaywegiveback @joeyrestaurants

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What a great experience cooking up and serving our beef barley soup at the downtown shelter. #CupOfCare #JOEYlansdowne #thewaywegiveback #joeycupofcare

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We make this look good.🍵 #CupOfCare #JOEYlansdowne #Ottawa #soupkitchen #thewaywegiveback #joeycupofcare

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Wonderful donation of 432 litres if milk from RCCG.

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Dan takes a delivery of pizzas and cheese fingers. Pizza is always popular at Shepherds of Good Hope. Thank you, Little Caesars for the regular donation.

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Our food and clothing coordinator recently got a donation of almost 3000 pepperoni sticks.

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Art made by the women in the women's special care unit at Shepherds of Good Hope

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Creating art at Shepherds of Good Hope

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Lucie Meloche, of Masters N Dogs, left, donated fleece blankets to Shepherds of Good Hope today.